Page 210 - The Prophet Muhammad (saas)

The Prophet Muhammad (saas)

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One of the items of information about the future given to the
Prophet (saas) by means of the Qur'an is to be found in the early verses of
Surat ar-Rum. It is revealed in these verses that the Byzantine Empire had
been defeated, but would then emerge victorious a short while later.
These verses were revealed in 620 A.D., some seven years after a
crushing defeat inflicted on the Byzantines by the idolater Persians. The
news is reported that the Byzantines will soon again be victorious. At
that time, however, the Byzantines had been so seriously defeated that it
looked impossible for them even to survive, let alone later emerge victo-
rious. Not only the Persians, but also the Avars, Slavs and Lombards all
constituted a grave menace to the Byzantine Empire. The Avars had come
as far as the walls of Constantinople. In order to meet the expenses of his
army, the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius had ordered all gold and silver
ornamental goods in the churches to be melted down. When that proved
to be insufficient, he even started to have bronze statues torn down to
make coins from. Many governors rebelled against Emperor Heraclius,
and the empire was on the point of falling apart. The idolator Persians
had occupied many Byzantine territories, including Mesopotamia,
Cilicia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Armenia. 208
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